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EMTAE
April 27th 08, 06:18 AM
Not too very long ago, the "Dead Man Walking" acting FAA 
Administrator Bobert Sturgell sent out a tear-stained 
missive to his troops.  Bobby typed this one standing up, 
because he had just come back from Capitol Hill and he 
didn't have any ass left to sit down on...they had chewed it 
all off.  Here is Bobert's letter, with my editorial comment 
in parenthesis (like this.)
Dear Colleagues (at least, those of you "Colleagues" with a 
car, driver, security, and staff of 45,000):
The last few weeks have been difficult for the FAA. 
(Basically we have been getting the living **** kicked out 
of us.) It’s discouraging to see the agency’s stewardship of 
safety called into question in such a broad-brush fashion 
all across the country.  (Frankly the detractors should put 
down the brush and just start heaping buckets of scorn, 
ridicule and indictments at "the agency's stewardship of 
safety."  This agency is to safety what a fish is to a bicycle.)
Painful as this is, I would urge us all to keep the focus 
where it belongs.  (Which is:  "What have you done to screw 
the controller workforce today?") This is not about us – our 
reputation or our feelings.  (Mainly because our reputation 
is in tatters and our tender feelings are being trampled by 
truth and justice.)  It’s about the flying public. And it 
provides us an opportunity to step things up a notch or two. 
  (Yes, we hope to rise from our current 
standard---ZERO---to something measurable in the near 
future.)  I ask each of you to take a moment to reaffirm 
your commitment to the mission and highest standards of 
professionalism that has made the FAA the gold standard of 
safety the world over.  (Except those of you working under 
imposed Draconian pay and work rules, which means that you 
are ****ed off, ****ed on, burned out, tired, and couldn't 
care less about the FAA missions and standards.)  I believe 
that from crisis, opportunity emerges, (true...an 
opportunity to get rid of a lot of deadwood on the 10th 
floor of the Puzzle Palace) and this current environment 
provides all of us with the opportunity to rededicate 
ourselves to the work we do, the excellence we strive for 
and to the people we serve. (Namely, the contractors who 
will be hiring us in the near future.)  We owe them, and 
ourselves, nothing less.  (Work you do?  Exactly how much 
rededication does it take to cut sheet cake?  How much 
rededication does it take to swing by the credit union?  How 
much dedication does it take to harass and intimidate 
subordinates, break the law, ignore Congress, skip safety 
inspections, cut corners on training, contract out essential 
services, and hold endless meetings about nothing?)
We are in the midst of the safest period in aviation, (a 
smoke-and-mirrors trick that will come home to roost long 
after we are gone,) but we cannot bask in this achievement, 
and this latest episode is a stark reminder of that fact. 
(It is also a stark reminder of Elvira and her flying 
monkeys, swooping across the country to ruin the National 
Airspace System.  They got me...and my little dog, too.) 
There is no such thing as an acceptable safety plateau. 
(Safety plateau?  Are you on crack?  To even imply that 
there is a safety plateau requires that you put down the 
pipe for a few hits.)  To improve an already outstanding 
safety record requires constant vigilance and continuous 
improvement – as individuals, as an agency, and as an 
industry.  (Too bad we are in bed with the airlines and the 
industry, and real change will never, never, never happen.)
Continued partnership with the airlines is critical to this 
trend.  (Can I call it, or what?)  As Patrick Smith, an 
airline pilot wrote in a New York Times op-ed over the 
weekend (“Don’t Ground the Safety System”), the FAA has 
worked with the airlines and pilot unions very well over the 
years. (Oh, ****.  A washed up airline pilot heaping praise 
on another washed up airline pilot.  Well ain't that just 
grand.  Do you know how to tell when an airline pilot is 
lying?  Watch his lips.  If they are moving...he's lying. 
Let me guess...Chuck Yeager voice...orange juice on the 
rumpled tie...making forty grand a year driving Boeings full 
of ****ed off people around like a glorified Greyhound Bus 
driver.  Yeah.  His opinion counts.  For bumwad.)
This partnership has produced life-saving innovations, Smith 
says, and he cites TCAS and cargo-fire suppression systems 
as examples.  (Smith forgets that TCAS almost killed a bunch 
of people when they rolled it out, flight-checking it on the 
American people instead of in the lab.)  (And may I just 
add...BFD.  The FAA jumped the shark when they started 
treating the airlines like "Customers."  And the customers 
started bossing the store owner around.  And the idiot FAA 
took it in the shorts for so long that they now think that 
lump in the back of their trousers is natural.)
Each of the partners in this relationship has information 
needed to improve safety and if any of these partners is 
afraid of bringing that information to light, we will drive 
safety problems underground.  (Like we have for the last 
five years. If you think a controller is going to come to 
you with a safety issue, you probably think Marion's one hot 
looking woman.)  Senior safety inspectors remember only too 
well a time when there were signs in airline maintenance 
shops urging mechanics, “Don’t Talk to the FAA!”  (Anybody 
who knows anything knows not to talk to the morons from the 
FAA.  You do so at your peril.  They will hound you, lie to 
you, cheat in front of Congress, and try to fire you for the 
pettiest of offenses.  If you come forward....with safety 
problems...you are in worse shape than ValuJet.)
Yet, while we want to hold ourselves accountable, and we 
will, I don’t want you hanging your heads.  (Now me, I'd 
like to see all their heads hung....ala Saddam.)  (But 
Bobert....he wants you to pretend like nothing has happened, 
and when Congress and the media get off our asses, we can go 
back to celebrating diversity, or Heritage Month, or Louis 
Armstrong's bi-plane, or anything at all except for the 
critical staffing in the system and the fact that we are 
moments away from an aviation disaster of epic proportions, 
one that will turn two Pringles tubes full of jet fuel into 
a thin pink mist with little bits of stuff and people 
raining down on a small town near you.)  You are part of 
proud tradition that goes back to 1958 when the FAA was 
established, an anniversary that we are celebrating this 
year. Take pride in that tradition because you helped make 
it happen.  (And then, unfortunately.....you got to watch 
Marion and I dismantle it in less than six years.)
Meanwhile, keep your chin up and your eye on the ball. 
(That way, you won't see the shovelful of crap we are about 
to cram into your sphincter.  Don’t worry about the politics 
or the press.  (Because they will go away.  They will go 
back to the polygamists, or the pandas, or Paris Hilton, and 
we will have survived, like the cockroaches we are.)  We’ll 
do the best we can with those and let the chips fall where 
they may. Just do the right thing and don’t worry about the 
rest.  (In other words....don't screw up, and if you do, 
don't let anybody catch you.) We’ll get through this and in 
the end we will have a better, stronger agency and, most 
importantly, an even better safety record.  (Hmmm. 
Somebody's lying here.  You just told me we are in the midst 
of the safest period in aviation.  Now you tell me we can 
have an even better safety record.  Which is it, Bobert?)
Thanks for all you do. It’s an honor to be part of this 
agency. (For the very limited time I will be here, until 
someone with the sense God gave a picket fence will come 
into office and boot my ass to the curb.)
Bobby (aka Bobert, aka Robert, aka Biker Bob)
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
April 27th 08, 06:50 AM
Buttman > wrote in news:4814053c$0$3396
:
> EMTAE wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Bobby (aka Bobert, aka Robert, aka Biker Bob)
> 
> great post, thanks for sharing
> 
Bwawhawhhahw! 
Pretending to be sane this week? 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 27th 08, 07:26 AM
Buttman > wrote in news:48140d9a$0$3395
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> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> 
>> Buttman > wrote in news:4814053c$0$3396
>> :
>> 
>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bobby (aka Bobert, aka Robert, aka Biker Bob)
>>> 
>>> great post, thanks for sharing
>>> 
>> 
>> Bwawhawhhahw!
>> 
>> Pretending to be sane this week?
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> I see you're not.
> 
That's right. 
I never pretend. 
You OTOH pretend to be a flight instructor when you are clearly just a 
hazard to navigation. 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 27th 08, 07:52 PM
Buttman > wrote in news:48142077$0$12934
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> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
> 
>> Buttman > wrote in news:48140d9a$0$3395
>> :
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Buttman > wrote in news:4814053c$0$3396
>>>> :
>>>> 
>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bobby (aka Bobert, aka Robert, aka Biker Bob)
>>>>> 
>>>>> great post, thanks for sharing
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bwawhawhhahw!
>>>> 
>>>> Pretending to be sane this week?
>>>> 
>>>> Bertie
>>> 
>>> I see you're not.
>>> 
>> 
>> That's right.
>> 
>> I never pretend.
>> 
>> 
>> You OTOH pretend to be a flight instructor when you are clearly just 
a
>> hazard to navigation.
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> k
> 
That won't work either now fanboi..
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 27th 08, 09:10 PM
gregvk > wrote in news:Xns9A8D7DF821EBEE817AC3D8380227
@127.0.0.1:
> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in news:fv2eg0$3b3$1
> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
> 
>> Buttman > wrote in news:48142077$0$12934
>> :
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Buttman > wrote in news:48140d9a$0$3395
>>>> :
>>>> 
>>>>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Buttman > wrote in news:4814053c$0$3396
>>>>>> :
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Bobby (aka Bobert, aka Robert, aka Biker Bob)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> great post, thanks for sharing
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bwawhawhhahw!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Pretending to be sane this week?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>> 
>>>>> I see you're not.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> That's right.
>>>> 
>>>> I never pretend.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> You OTOH pretend to be a flight instructor when you are clearly 
just 
>> a
>>>> hazard to navigation.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bertie
>>> 
>>> k
>>> 
>> 
>> That won't work either now fanboi..
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> You have a fanboi called Buttman?  That has "bad news" written all 
over 
> it.
> 
True. his choice of nam, not mine, though. 
Bertie
EMTAE
April 27th 08, 10:15 PM
What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
EMTAE
April 27th 08, 10:17 PM
EMTAE wrote:
> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian 
Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and 
billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal 
terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They 
are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the 
night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the 
point where they would not approach any water source where a 
bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
That is real weird
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 27th 08, 11:00 PM
EMTAE > wrote in :
> EMTAE wrote:
>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
> 
> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian 
> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and 
> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal 
> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They 
> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the 
> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the 
> point where they would not approach any water source where a 
> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
> 
> 
> That is real weird
> 
It's a living. 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 28th 08, 01:07 AM
gregvk > wrote in
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> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in news:fv2pht$qb$1
> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
> 
>> EMTAE > wrote in
>> : 
>> 
>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>> 
>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian 
>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and 
>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal 
>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They 
>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the 
>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the 
>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a 
>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> That is real weird
>>> 
>> 
>> It's a living. 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> So it's basically the same as a boogyman.  Except the boogyman doesn't
> make noise, he just hides quietly in the closet (or the bushes if
> outdoors) and sneaks out to get you while you're sleeping or otherwise
> not paying attention.
> 
Amateurs. 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 28th 08, 01:26 AM
gregvk > wrote in news:Xns9A8DB15AD1E6FE817AC3D8380227
@127.0.0.1:
> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in news:fv30v5$iuo$1
> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
> 
>> gregvk > wrote in
>> : 
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in news:fv2pht$qb$1
>>> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
>>> 
>>>> EMTAE > wrote in
>>>> : 
>>>> 
>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>> 
>>>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian 
>>>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and 
>>>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal 
>>>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They 
>>>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the 
>>>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the 
>>>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a 
>>>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> That is real weird
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It's a living. 
>>>> 
>>>> Bertie
>>> 
>>> So it's basically the same as a boogyman.  Except the boogyman 
doesn't
>>> make noise, he just hides quietly in the closet (or the bushes if
>>> outdoors) and sneaks out to get you while you're sleeping or 
otherwise
>>> not paying attention.
>>> 
>> 
>> Amateurs. 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> Well, it's probably better *not* to make noise.  Why warn the prey and 
> give it a chance to flee or assume a defensive posture?  Surprise 
attack 
> is one of the most valuable tactics of the successful legendary 
> terrifying spirit-creature.
> 
But mine are all attacted to noise! 
You've met Maxwell and buttman! 
Bertie
muff528
April 28th 08, 04:56 AM
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
...
> EMTAE > wrote in :
>
>> EMTAE wrote:
>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>
>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>
>>
>> That is real weird
>>
>
> It's a living.
>
> Bertie
Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to chupacabras.? 
Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to Mazatlan on the Kontiki with 
that Norwegian fellow several million years ago and became established 
throughout Central America. Maybe not. You never see chupacabras posting on 
the usenet. Maybe they can't type. <shrug>....who knows?!?
TP
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 28th 08, 05:55 AM
"muff528" > wrote in
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> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
> ...
>> EMTAE > wrote in
>> : 
>>
>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>
>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>
>>>
>>> That is real weird
>>>
>>
>> It's a living.
>>
>> Bertie
> 
> Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to
> chupacabras.? Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to Mazatlan on
> the Kontiki with that Norwegian fellow several million years ago and
> became established throughout Central America. Maybe not. You never
> see chupacabras posting on the usenet. Maybe they can't type.
> <shrug>....who knows?!? 
Not sure abotu that, but Robert Loggia is one of us. 
Bertie
Maxwell[_2_]
April 28th 08, 05:55 AM
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
...
>> That is real weird
>>
>
> It's a living.
>
> Bertie
No it not. It's the useless fantasy your life has become, hanging out on the 
Usenet, accomplishing nothing more than Anthony.
You're actually more pathetic.
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 28th 08, 06:02 AM
"Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in
: 
> 
> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
> ...
>>> That is real weird
>>>
>>
>> It's a living.
>>
>> Bertie
> 
> No it not. It's the useless fantasy your life has become, hanging out
> on the Usenet, accomplishing nothing more than Anthony.
> 
> You're actually more pathetic.
> 
Sure luser boi. You really haven;t figgered it out yet, have you? 
Bertie
muff528
April 29th 08, 04:30 AM
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
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> "muff528" > wrote in
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>>
>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> EMTAE > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>
>>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That is real weird
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's a living.
>>>
>>> Bertie
>>
>> Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to
>> chupacabras.? Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to Mazatlan on
>> the Kontiki with that Norwegian fellow several million years ago and
>> became established throughout Central America. Maybe not. You never
>> see chupacabras posting on the usenet. Maybe they can't type.
>> <shrug>....who knows?!?
>
>
> Not sure abotu that, but Robert Loggia is one of us.
>
> Bertie
The name sounded familiar but I had to google him to see who the heck he is. 
I'm not up to speed on names of actors, etc. unless it's someone like Clint 
Eastwood or Heather Locklear.  :-)
TP
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 29th 08, 05:01 AM
"muff528" > wrote in
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> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
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>> "muff528" > wrote in
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>>>
>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> EMTAE > wrote in
>>>> :
>>>>
>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>>
>>>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>>>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>>>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>>>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>>>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>>>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>>>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>>>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That is real weird
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's a living.
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>>
>>> Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to
>>> chupacabras.? Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to Mazatlan
>>> on the Kontiki with that Norwegian fellow several million years ago
>>> and became established throughout Central America. Maybe not. You
>>> never see chupacabras posting on the usenet. Maybe they can't type.
>>> <shrug>....who knows?!?
>>
>>
>> Not sure abotu that, but Robert Loggia is one of us.
>>
>> Bertie
> 
> The name sounded familiar but I had to google him to see who the heck
> he is. I'm not up to speed on names of actors, etc. unless it's
> someone like Clint Eastwood or Heather Locklear.  :-)
> 
Well, for a while he posed as a Cat, but he's really a Bunyip who's 
managed to penetrate the human world. 
Bertie
muff528
April 29th 08, 05:17 AM
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>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
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>>>>> EMTAE > wrote in
>>>>> :
>>>>>
>>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>>>>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>>>>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>>>>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>>>>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>>>>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>>>>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>>>>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is real weird
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a living.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bertie
>>>>
>>>> Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to
>>>> chupacabras.? Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to Mazatlan
>>>> on the Kontiki with that Norwegian fellow several million years ago
>>>> and became established throughout Central America. Maybe not. You
>>>> never see chupacabras posting on the usenet. Maybe they can't type.
>>>> <shrug>....who knows?!?
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure abotu that, but Robert Loggia is one of us.
>>>
>>> Bertie
>>
>> The name sounded familiar but I had to google him to see who the heck
>> he is. I'm not up to speed on names of actors, etc. unless it's
>> someone like Clint Eastwood or Heather Locklear.  :-)
>>
>> TP
>
> Heather Locklear is pushing 50, and it shows.  Please tell me you like
> her for her acting and not because you think she's "hot".
Don't think I've seen her in anything since "Dynasty". That's how I'll 
always remember her. :-)
TP
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 29th 08, 05:17 AM
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>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
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>>>> "muff528" > wrote in
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> EMTAE > wrote in
>>>>>> :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>>>>>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>>>>>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>>>>>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>>>>>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>>>>>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>>>>>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>>>>>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is real weird
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a living.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to
>>>>> chupacabras.? Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to Mazatlan
>>>>> on the Kontiki with that Norwegian fellow several million years 
ago
>>>>> and became established throughout Central America. Maybe not. You
>>>>> never see chupacabras posting on the usenet. Maybe they can't 
type.
>>>>> <shrug>....who knows?!?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure abotu that, but Robert Loggia is one of us.
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>>
>>> The name sounded familiar but I had to google him to see who the 
heck
>>> he is. I'm not up to speed on names of actors, etc. unless it's
>>> someone like Clint Eastwood or Heather Locklear.  :-)
>>>
>>> TP
>>
>> Heather Locklear is pushing 50, and it shows.  Please tell me you 
like
>> her for her acting and not because you think she's "hot".
> 
> 
> Don't think I've seen her in anything since "Dynasty". That's how I'll 
> always remember her. :-)
She is not a Bunyip, of course, but Bunyips would not throw her out of 
bed for eating kiwis. 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 29th 08, 05:36 AM
gregvk > wrote in news:Xns9A8EDB2061CDEE817AC3D8380227
@127.0.0.1:
> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in news:fv6405$mh2$2
> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
> 
>> "muff528" > wrote in news:VqwRj.11466$Rk6.5044
>> @trnddc07:
>> 
>>> 
>>> "gregvk" > wrote in message 
>>> ...
>>>> "muff528" > wrote in
>>>> news:wLvRj.11462$Rk6.10008@trnddc07:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> "muff528" > wrote in
>>>>>> news:81bRj.5035$zw6.2131@trnddc06:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> EMTAE > wrote in
>>>>>>>> :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> EMTAE wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian
>>>>>>>>> Aborigine. Bunyips haunt rivers, swamps, creeks and
>>>>>>>>> billabongs. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal
>>>>>>>>> terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They
>>>>>>>>> are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the
>>>>>>>>> night and have been known to frighten Aborigines to the
>>>>>>>>> point where they would not approach any water source where a
>>>>>>>>> bunyip might be waiting to devour them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That is real weird
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's a living.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hmmmm....I wonder if bunyips are taxonomically related to
>>>>>>> chupacabras.? Maybe a proto-bunyip family floated over to 
Mazatlan
>>>>>>> on the Kontiki with that Norwegian fellow several million years 
>> ago
>>>>>>> and became established throughout Central America. Maybe not. 
You
>>>>>>> never see chupacabras posting on the usenet. Maybe they can't 
>> type.
>>>>>>> <shrug>....who knows?!?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure abotu that, but Robert Loggia is one of us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bertie
>>>>>
>>>>> The name sounded familiar but I had to google him to see who the 
>> heck
>>>>> he is. I'm not up to speed on names of actors, etc. unless it's
>>>>> someone like Clint Eastwood or Heather Locklear.  :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> TP
>>>>
>>>> Heather Locklear is pushing 50, and it shows.  Please tell me you 
>> like
>>>> her for her acting and not because you think she's "hot".
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Don't think I've seen her in anything since "Dynasty". That's how 
I'll 
>>> always remember her. :-)
>> 
>> She is not a Bunyip, of course, but Bunyips would not throw her out 
of 
>> bed for eating kiwis. 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> She would never be in bed with a bunyip, anyway, because bunyips 
> reproduce by assraping male housecats.  (Don't ask me how it works.  
I'm 
> no bunyip expert.)
> 
What's your point? 
Bertie
Gig 601Xl Builder
April 29th 08, 03:27 PM
gregvk wrote:
> Heather Locklear is pushing 50, and it shows.  Please tell me you like 
> her for her acting and not because you think she's "hot".
46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
Lou
April 30th 08, 12:04 AM
On Apr 29, 8:27 am, Gig 601Xl Builder >
wrote:
> gregvk wrote:
> > Heather Locklear is pushing 50, and it shows.  Please tell me you like
> > her for her acting and not because you think she's "hot".
>
> 46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
Sorry Gig, but it is.
      Lou
Chupacabra the Bertie via AviationKB.com
April 30th 08, 12:20 AM
muff528 wrote:
>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>
>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>
>> Bertie
> You never see chupacabras posting on 
>the usenet. Maybe they can't type. <shrug>....who knows?!?
>
>TP
Of course we can type.....jeez.
We don't post here cuz its too full of Bunyip crap.
-- 
Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
April 30th 08, 12:51 AM
"Chupacabra the Bertie via AviationKB.com" <u33403@uwe> wrote in 
news:836c1791caf66@uwe:
> muff528 wrote:
>>>>> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
>>>>
>>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>>
>>> Bertie
>> You never see chupacabras posting on 
>>the usenet. Maybe they can't type. <shrug>....who knows?!?
>>
>>TP
> 
> Of course we can type.....jeez.
> 
> We don't post here cuz its too full of Bunyip crap.
> 
imitation is rthe highest form of flattery. 
Bertie
Gig 601Xl Builder
April 30th 08, 03:24 PM
Lou wrote:
> On Apr 29, 8:27 am, Gig 601Xl Builder >
> wrote:
>> gregvk wrote:
>>> Heather Locklear is pushing 50, and it shows.  Please tell me you like
>>> her for her acting and not because you think she's "hot".
>> 46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
> 
> Sorry Gig, but it is.
>       Lou
****!
Jay Honeck[_2_]
April 30th 08, 04:59 PM
>>> 46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
>> 
>> Sorry Gig, but it is.
> 
> ****!
I feel your pain, Gig.  My half-century mark is just months away...
;-)
-- 
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com 
"Your Aviation Destination"
John Godwin
April 30th 08, 08:43 PM
"Jay Honeck" > wrote in news:hP%Rj.143490
$yE1.2407@attbi_s21:
> I feel your pain, Gig.  My half-century mark is just months away...
Yes, but some actresses age better than others.  Brigette Bardot, for 
example:
<http://tinyurl.com/5pqx4k>
--
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 30th 08, 08:51 PM
"Jay Honeck" > wrote in news:hP%Rj.143490$yE1.2407
@attbi_s21:
>>>> 46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
>>> 
>>> Sorry Gig, but it is.
>> 
>> ****!
> 
> I feel your pain, Gig.  My half-century mark is just months away...
> 
> ;-)
But unlike Heather Locklear, no one wants to **** you. 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 30th 08, 10:33 PM
gregvk > wrote in
: 
> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in
> : 
> 
>> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in
>> news:hP%Rj.143490$yE1.2407 @attbi_s21:
>> 
>>>>>> 46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry Gig, but it is.
>>>> 
>>>> ****!
>>> 
>>> I feel your pain, Gig.  My half-century mark is just months away...
>>> 
>>> ;-)
>> 
>> But unlike Heather Locklear, no one wants to **** you. 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> Depends if you mean the sexual kind of "****" or the
> drive-him-way-out-in- the-middle-of-nowhere-and-ditch-him kind of
> "****".  The latter might be kind of fun.
> 
Someone beat you to it, he already lives in Iowa. 
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
April 30th 08, 10:55 PM
gregvk > wrote in
: 
> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in news:fval3b$ptq$2
> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
> 
>> gregvk > wrote in
>> : 
>> 
>>> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in
>>> : 
>>> 
>>>> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in
>>>> news:hP%Rj.143490$yE1.2407 @attbi_s21:
>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 46 is not pushing 50 damn-it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sorry Gig, but it is.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ****!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I feel your pain, Gig.  My half-century mark is just months
>>>>> away... 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> But unlike Heather Locklear, no one wants to **** you. 
>>>> 
>>>> Bertie
>>> 
>>> Depends if you mean the sexual kind of "****" or the
>>> drive-him-way-out-in- the-middle-of-nowhere-and-ditch-him kind of
>>> "****".  The latter might be kind of fun.
>>> 
>> 
>> Someone beat you to it, he already lives in Iowa. 
>> 
>> 
>> Bertie
> 
> I was thinking more along the lines of a dirt road that winds through
> the mountains for more than 60 miles, the farthest stretches of which
> are 40+ miles from the nearest town of any sort and probably sees no
> more than a dozen vehicles a year.  There really is a road like that
> near here.  If your car breaks down, you're ****ed.  You probably
> wouldn't even get a cell phone signal out there.  About all you can do
> is start walking and hope a car comes along (ha!) before you have to
> walk the entire way back to the nearest town.
Yeah, that's what I said. Iowa. 
> 
> I think Jay would rather enjoy a nice little adventure like that.  
> Blisters and dehydration aside, it would be fun as long he didn't get 
> eaten by a mountain lion or something.
Mmm, he might. I can't see a mountain lion having taste that bad, 
though. 
Bertie
Jay Honeck[_2_]
May 1st 08, 12:01 AM
> I think Jay would rather enjoy a nice little adventure like that.
> Blisters and dehydration aside, it would be fun as long he didn't get
> eaten by a mountain lion or something.
Although I used to enjoy wilderness backpacking, I'm more into walk/running 
on a track nowadays...
-- 
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
May 1st 08, 12:01 AM
"Jay Honeck" > wrote in
news:U_5Sj.143902$yE1.80447@attbi_s21: 
>> I think Jay would rather enjoy a nice little adventure like that.
>> Blisters and dehydration aside, it would be fun as long he didn't get
>> eaten by a mountain lion or something.
> 
> Although I used to enjoy wilderness backpacking, I'm more into
> walk/running on a track nowadays...
killfle not working wel there liar boi? 
Bertie
Jay Maynard
May 1st 08, 02:24 AM
On 2008-04-30, John Godwin > wrote:
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in news:hP%Rj.143490
> $yE1.2407@attbi_s21:
>> I feel your pain, Gig.  My half-century mark is just months away...
> Yes, but some actresses age better than others.
I'll toss in an observation here: Cindy Morgan (Lacy Underalls in
_Caddyshack_ and Yori in _TRON_) is *still* babe-a-licious. Especially in
her TRON costume. Yes, I've seen her in it in person in the relatively
recent past. Rowr.
-- 
Jay Maynard, K5ZC                   http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com      http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM)                        (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 2 June)
Maxwell[_2_]
May 1st 08, 02:57 AM
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
...
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in
> news:U_5Sj.143902$yE1.80447@attbi_s21:
>
>>> I think Jay would rather enjoy a nice little adventure like that.
>>> Blisters and dehydration aside, it would be fun as long he didn't get
>>> eaten by a mountain lion or something.
>>
>> Although I used to enjoy wilderness backpacking, I'm more into
>> walk/running on a track nowadays...
>
> killfle not working wel there liar boi?
>
>
> Bertie
Learn to follow a thread dumb ass. He clearly wasn't responding to you.
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
May 1st 08, 02:59 AM
"Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in news:5A8Sj.111609$Ft5.75869
@newsfe15.lga:
> 
> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
> ...
>> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in
>> news:U_5Sj.143902$yE1.80447@attbi_s21:
>>
>>>> I think Jay would rather enjoy a nice little adventure like that.
>>>> Blisters and dehydration aside, it would be fun as long he didn't 
get
>>>> eaten by a mountain lion or something.
>>>
>>> Although I used to enjoy wilderness backpacking, I'm more into
>>> walk/running on a track nowadays...
>>
>> killfle not working wel there liar boi?
>>
>>
>> Bertie
> 
> Learn to follow a thread dumb ass. He clearly wasn't responding to 
you.
> 
>
you sure? 
Bertie
Maxwell[_2_]
May 1st 08, 02:59 AM
"EMTAE" > wrote in message 
...
> What in the hell is a "Bunyip"??
A lame retard that doesn't have a life, so he hangs out on the Usenet and 
imitates Anthony.
Maxwell[_2_]
May 1st 08, 03:00 AM
"Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
...
> "Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in
> :
>
>>
>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>> That is real weird
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's a living.
>>>
>>> Bertie
>>
>> No it not. It's the useless fantasy your life has become, hanging out
>> on the Usenet, accomplishing nothing more than Anthony.
>>
>> You're actually more pathetic.
>>
>
> Sure luser boi. You really haven;t figgered it out yet, have you?
>
>
> Bertie
We have all figure you out dumb ass.
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
May 1st 08, 03:15 AM
"Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in news:%C8Sj.111611$Ft5.38310
@newsfe15.lga:
> 
> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message 
> ...
>> "Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in
>> :
>>
>>>
>>> "Bertie the Bunyip" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>> That is real weird
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's a living.
>>>>
>>>> Bertie
>>>
>>> No it not. It's the useless fantasy your life has become, hanging 
out
>>> on the Usenet, accomplishing nothing more than Anthony.
>>>
>>> You're actually more pathetic.
>>>
>>
>> Sure luser boi. You really haven;t figgered it out yet, have you?
>>
>>
>> Bertie
> 
> We have all figure you out dumb ass.
> 
> 
> 
> 
Apparently not... 
Bertie
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